. Ships of the Royal Navy . ur of the class were used as battle-cruisers, andwithout their help the course of the action might have been very different. As in the Iron Dukes, there is a battery of 6-inch guns along the forecastle deck, and originallythe Queen Elizabeths carried four more on the main deck aft, making sixteen in all. These latter, how-ever, were found to be useless and were removed, being for a time replaced by a single gun on the upperdeck amidships on either side; this was taken out from all five ships about 1916 and guns sub-stituted. Owing to the way the hull side is re
. Ships of the Royal Navy . ur of the class were used as battle-cruisers, andwithout their help the course of the action might have been very different. As in the Iron Dukes, there is a battery of 6-inch guns along the forecastle deck, and originallythe Queen Elizabeths carried four more on the main deck aft, making sixteen in all. These latter, how-ever, were found to be useless and were removed, being for a time replaced by a single gun on the upperdeck amidships on either side; this was taken out from all five ships about 1916 and guns sub-stituted. Owing to the way the hull side is recessed and the tliree foremost guns are stepped to secureahead fire, the battery has proved to be very wet in a seaway, and before steps were taken to make theports water-tight, the forecastle deck was frequently flooded out; as it is the guns are difficult to fightin moderate weather, and in the Revenge class, which followed, the whole battery was moved furtheraft so as to be clear of the broken water forward. 22 If/3- /?.. OuEEN Elizabeth
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